Re: Line wrapping with mutt/emacs (was Re: Problems: mutt to Outlook (Express))
Thank you, Richard. I don't know about the '+/^$' bit either - I cribbed my .muttrc from someone else, and dutifully copied that bit.
So I have followed your advice, andmade the changes. I had not set up xemacs, and of course it has done its own thing, so we shall see the results now. I am deliberately running my lines long to see if it works.
Cam
* Richard Cobbe (cobbe@airmail.net) wrote:
> Lo, on Thursday, May 16, Cam Ellison did write:
>
> > * Gary Hennigan (glhenni@sandia.gov) wrote:
> > <snip>
> > >
> > > And, *please*, for the love of God and country, can you wrap your
> > > lines at 70 characters or so?!
> > >
> >
> > I would love to, but every attempt seems to go nowhere. Not everyone
> > complains, but I see the litle red markers coming back indicating that
> > mutt is wrapping them for me.
> >
> > So, here's another problem. I have this in .muttrc:
> >
> > set editor="emacs '+/^$' \"set textwidth=70\""
> >
> >
> > (Let's not have a flamewar about emacs vs vi, please.) The
> > information I have to date is that this should work. It obviously
> > doesn't.
> >
> > What should I do differently?
>
> I'm not entirely sure what the '+/^$' means---is this perhaps a Mutt
> thing?
>
> The `set textwidth=70' is almost certainly incorrect. In Emacs, the
> relevant variable is fill-column, which is 70 by default. However, this
> only applies if you manually fill each paragraph (M-q) or turn on
> auto-fill-mode. To do the latter, add the following to your ~/.emacs
> file:
>
> (add-hook 'FOO-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
>
> where FOO is the major mode in which you edit your mail messages. And,
> if you're using XEmacs,
>
> (require 'filladapt)
> (add-hook 'FOO-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode)
>
> So, for instance, I've got
>
> (require 'filladapt)
> (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
> (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode)
>
> You shouldn't need to do this, but while we're at it, to change a
> variable's contents, use something like the following:
>
> (setq fill-column 72)
>
> HTH,
>
> Richard
>
>
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